Game of the Week: Clemson vs. Georgia
There
were a slew of excellent games this weekend. Thursday night offered three
instant classics, Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt, Fresno State vs. Rutgers, and one of
my new favorite rivalry game, Utah vs. Utah State. Then you have all of the FCS schools pulling off major
upsets this past weekend, its hard to distinguish which one was better
(although UCONN does deserve honorable mention for disappointment of the week
with their loss to Towson).
But
I think the projected game of the week, actually deserves to be called the game
of the week. Here you had two top ten teams really play up to their ranking.
But what I think really makes it the game of the week was that the stars really
came out to shine. Tahj Boyd made me look really brilliant this week by naming
him the best player in the country (18-30, 270 yards, 3 TDs, Rushed 11 times
for 42 yards and 2 touchdowns), and after banging his knee Gurley made NFL
scouts drool with 12 carries for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns!
The
game was thrilling from start to finish, the only real downside of the game was
having to hear Brent Musburger ask time and time again “Do you believe in
Clemson now?”. To tell you the truth Brent, I think anyone who typically does
not believe in Clemson had changed his or her mind after the game. The problem
with Clemson isn’t that they cannot win the big game; it is when are they
eventually going to lose that one game they should not? Only time will tell,
but for now Clemson and Georgia gave us a great game to kick start the college
season.
Player of the Week: Baker Mayfield, QB, Texas Tech, 43-60,
413 yards, 5 Total TDs (1 Rush)
There
were a lot of star college players who had great weeks but this true freshman,
walk-on player deserves the nod this week. Having received virtually no offers
from any FBS schools, Mayfield walked on to Texas Tech and new coach, and form
Texas Tech great Kliff Kingsbury gave the Texas standout a chance and he really
stepped up against SMU.
Granted
SMU does not boost a stellar defense, and anyone who throws the ball 60 times
should be able to throw for over 400 yards, but Mayfield had great pose in the
pocket and a great command of Kingsbury system, who don’t forget, was the same
system Johnny Manziel ran a year ago at Texas A&M. Kingsbury left Texas
A&M to take his first head coaching gig at his alma mater and the Red
Raiders look to be a very entertaining team in the Big 12.
If
Texas Tech is going to contend in the Big 12, Mayfield is going to need to
continue this production. Be sure to check out TTU’s, Thursday night showdown
against TCU on September 12th. We may be witnessing one of the best
stories of the college football season and Baker Mayfield would be the star.
Disappointment of the Week: Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas
A&M
After
one of the most disappointing and embarrassing offseason of any Heisman winner
ever, Manziel was able to actually raise the bar for revving up his detractors.
Manziel had an electric second half performance against Rice after serving his
putrid 1st half suspension against the owls. But what took place
after each electric play is what wins “Johnny Football” this week’s nod. The
trash talk, the money gestures, and then even worse the “signing autographs”
taunts, by Johnny himself was truly disgusting. It seems as if Manziel is regressing in terms of personality
and maturity, two traits no team would want to see their star quarterback lose
a grip of.
Game To Watch: Michigan vs. Notre Dame
No
rivalry has provided more great games in the past five years than Michigan-Notre
Dame. This year promises to be another classic as both teams are top 20 teams
with big bowl game potential, possibly even national championship contenders.
Both teams were semi-impressive in the first game this week. Tommy Reese
displayed great accuracy and big play potential when connecting to TJ Jones and
Junior DeVaris Daniels displayed talent that can be compared to forming Irish
great Michael Floyd. For the Wolverines, QB Devin Gardner displayed his
athleticism throwing for a couple touchdowns and running for another two and
both teams showed the that their defense has a lot of potential as well.
The
average margin of victory between these two classic programs is 4.75 points in
the last four years. This will be the second to last time these two rivals meet
as Notre Dame is adopting more of an ACC schedule, so expect this game to be an
intense, hardly fought game by both sides and that should provide another great
matchup.
Top 3 Heisman Watch:
1) Tahj Boyd: 300 Total Yards, 5 Total TDs
2) Marcus Mariota: 347 Total Yards, 3 Total TDs
3) Johnny Manziel: 6-8, 94 Yards, 3 Tds
Top 10 Mock 2014 Draft:
|
Pick
|
Team
|
Player
|
Position
|
School
|
|
1
|
Oakland
|
Teddy Bridgewater
|
QB
|
Louisville
|
|
2
|
NY Jets
|
Jadevon Clowney
|
DE
|
South Carolina
|
|
3
|
Jacksonville
|
Tahj Boyd
|
QB
|
Clemson
|
|
4
|
Tennessee
|
Tyler Lewan
|
OT
|
Michigan
|
|
5
|
Miami
|
Anthony Barr
|
LB/DE
|
Miami
|
|
6
|
Philadelphia
|
Sammy Watkins
|
WR
|
Clemson
|
|
7
|
Minnesota
|
Marcus Mariota
|
QB
|
Oregon
|
|
8
|
Tampa Bay
|
Cyrus Kouandijo
|
OT
|
Alabama
|
|
9
|
Buffalo
|
Jake Mathews
|
OT
|
Texas A&M
|
|
10
|
Pittsburgh
|
Marqise Lee
|
WR
|
USC
|
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